Explanation of Plate XXXII. 



Figs. 1 and 2. — Women of Tauapag village, Saipan. The natives of Saijuin, 

 with the exception of the Chaniorro tribe, are the offspring of settlers 

 from the Caroline Islands. They resemble the natives of Truk in 

 many points. Tlieir personal adornment is nineh the same as that 

 ^)f the Truk Islanders, but the women of Saipan are generally half- 

 naked. The band fastened above the petticoat consists of a series of 

 shell rings mach prized in Tnik. The custom of wearing ornaments 

 through a hole made in the e.ir-lobe is in vogue among the islanders. 

 ^Notice the manner of lioldino- the child. 



